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Christine Shanahan McGovern

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Christine Shanahan McGovern
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November 5, 2024

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Christine Shanahan McGovern (Republican Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 36. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 36

Rick Ryan defeated Christine Shanahan McGovern in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 36 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
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Rick Ryan (D)
 
59.2
 
27,487
Image of Christine Shanahan McGovern
Christine Shanahan McGovern (R)
 
40.8
 
18,938

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 46,425
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 36

Rick Ryan defeated Sonia Anne Khalil in the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 36 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Image of Rick Ryan
Rick Ryan
 
57.0
 
6,963
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Sonia Anne Khalil
 
43.0
 
5,263

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 12,226
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 36

Christine Shanahan McGovern advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 36 on March 19, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Christine Shanahan McGovern
 
100.0
 
2,966

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,966
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Shanahan McGovern signed the following pledges.

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2022

See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Illinois State Senate District 18

Incumbent Bill Cunningham defeated Christine Shanahan McGovern in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 18 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Bill Cunningham (D)
 
59.4
 
45,430
Image of Christine Shanahan McGovern
Christine Shanahan McGovern (R) Candidate Connection
 
40.6
 
31,111

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 76,541
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 18

Incumbent Bill Cunningham advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois State Senate District 18 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Bill Cunningham
 
100.0
 
20,641

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 20,641
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 18

Christine Shanahan McGovern advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois State Senate District 18 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Christine Shanahan McGovern Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
10,354

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 10,354
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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Candidate Connection

Christine Shanahan McGovern completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Shanahan McGovern's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Rise up! Get involved and change the course of Illinois. We can no longer be silent and allow these disastrous Progressive movements to continue. Life has a way of shifting and changing. I prefer to call it Divine Intervention. I am a mother, a business owner, and am committed to my community where I have lived for almost 25 years. These past two years have brought about many obstacles and opened my eyes to the lack of common sense used in making decisions affecting our state. The division that our Government is causing and the deafening silence from our local elected officials have contributed to the failures of Illinois. This purposeful division needs to end. We are stronger together. I am Christine Shanahan McGovern and I am running for Illinois State Senate in the 18th District. Stand with me in bringing Common Sense back to Illinois. I want to represent you and Illinois by passing legislation to provide better health care to our seniors, veterans and the mentally ill. I want to have programs for our youth to take them off the streets meanwhile addressing the drug crisis and my plan with working with law enforcement to finally put an end to the senseless crime that is affecting our communities. Albert Einstein says the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Together we can Rise up for change to protect our Faith, Family, & Freedom.
  • We are living in a real life game of Monopoly where criminals pass go and get a free get out of jail card. Let's make Illinois Safe Again!
  • Illinois needs strong legislatures who will have a plan to stop the massive exodus of residents and businesses. Illinois needs to stop this outrageous taxation on our residents in the areas of property, sales, gas, water, and Chicago's ridiculous bag tax.
  • The future is greatly determined by our policies for our children. We need to prioritize a successful foundation. The Progressive path is disastrous. I have witnessed this in the classroom. Teaching our children what to think is wrong. Giving the opportunity to use their own critical thinking skills will pave the way to independent successful adults.
I always thought the Government was there to protect and have policies in place to promote the safety of its citizens. Who were the "geniuses" that came up with the concept of Police Reform and Defunding the Police? Since when are criminals not accountable for their actions? When was it offensive to have a Back the Blue patch on a uniform? Why are we making the most deadly drug possession of fentanyl a misdemeaner? Why are we allowing sexual predators to live closer to schools and parks? Why are we holding the police, who are hired and trained to serve and protect, at standards that prevent them from doing their job? Have the people of Illinois not seen the increase of crime? Have they not seen how our children are being sexualized at school? How did we get to a place where our children attend a public school and they are told that their skin color will define their success? Where they are taught that even though you are born a girl you can now identify as a boy or even a cat? Why have we taken away the voice of the most influential person in a child's life, the parent? Why do we have tampons in boys' bathrooms? Why do we not tell a parent that their child wants to identify as the opposite sex or have an abortion? We are here because of Democratic Liberal Idiotic Legislators! I want to change ALL of these. Let's bring back common sense and our Midwestern values. Protect our kids not the criminals!

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    Current members of the Illinois House of Representatives
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    Mary Gill (D)
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